PRINCESS ISABELLA OF FRANCE BECOMES THE YOUNG QUEEN OF ENGLAND

 


PRINCESS


ISABELLA OF FRANCE 



BECOMES


YOUNG

QUEEN OF ENGLAND



On 25th January 1308 

A Young French Princess Isabella of France

Walked up the Aisle in the Church

At Boulogne in Northern France




To

Marry

The King of England


Rex Edwardus Secundus

(EDWARD LONGSHANKS II)







QUEEN ISABELLA

WILL BE LATER BURIED IN 1358


WEARING HER SAME

PRINCESS BRIDES DRESS


(W/ HER LATE KING HUSBAND EDWARD II'S

HEART IN A SIVER CASKET)




























PRINCESS

ISABELLA OF FRANCE 


On 25th January 1308 a young French Princess Isabella of France walked up the Aisle in the Church at Boulogne in Northern France




The 1308 wedding of King Edward II & Isabella of France was a lavish but politically fraught event  

The marriage was intended to secure peace between England & France



Wedding details
• Date and location: The wedding ceremony took place on January 25, 1308, at Boulogne in northern France.


• Age of the couple: Isabella was only 12 years old at the time, while Edward was 23.


• Purpose: The marriage was arranged by Edward I to strengthen political ties between England and France. 



Key events and reception


• Lavish celebration: The event was a grand and opulent affair, befitting the daughter of the King of France.


• Political tensions: King Philip IV used the occasion to present Edward with grievances regarding Gascony, which Edward reportedly ignored.



Isabella of France's wedding dress in 1308 was a layered ensemble that included a deep purple outer gown with a fur trim & a separate green underdress with golden designs.

She also wore a black hennin with a veil a gold collar necklace with jewels & a wide gold belt. 

The outer garment was likely a heavy silk or velvet the inner garment a lighter richly decorated fabric.



Outer layer

• Color: Deep purple

• Trim: Dark brown fur on the hem, cuffs, and collar

• Detail: A long train 
Inner layer

• Color: Rich green

• Details: Golden designs on the bodice and hem 


Accessories

• Headwear: A black hennin with a sheer white veil

• Jewelry: A gold collar necklace with red and green stones and a round pendant

• Belt: A wide gold belt






QUEEN ISABELLA

THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

(1308)
















FURTHER


REFERENCES:





QUEEN ISABELLA

DANSE MACABRE


"DEMANDING JUSTICE"

AN INTRODUCTION

(2016)

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/2025/11/queen-isabella-danse-macabre-demanding_21.html?m=1

The final word count was 40,739

There are 2,758 Haikus with 196 Sonnets & 46,886 syllables






READ

QUEEN ISABELLA:


DANSE MACABRE

"DEMANDING JUSTICE"


BY J. BECK

(2017)

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/2025/11/queen-isabella-danse-macabre-demanding.html?m=1





QUEEN ISABELLA

Danse Macabre


Sonnet Chapters

I--XIV Haiku Sonnets


“Demanding Justice”

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/2025/11/queen-isabella-danse-macabre-demanding_28.html?m=1







"The King of England"

Rex Edwardus Secundus

(Book of Sister Mary)


The Plantagenets:

Are

As the Righteous 

Are:


Bold

As Roaring Lions

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-king-of-england-rex-edwardus.html?m=1

(This text has never been seen or read.  It was written in 2018)






The

Book of Thomas

The Fool

From:

Queen Isabella

"Demanding Justice"

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-book-of-thomas-fool-from-queen.html?m=1








ENGLISH MONARCHY'S THE PLANTAGENETS BETWEEN 1307--1399

https://youngsopranos.blogspot.com/p/english-monarchys-plantagenets-between.html







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